WASHINGTON — President Biden doesn’t believe the U.S. will see any new lockdowns in the coming months, even as he warned about the new Delta variant of the coronavirus, which is much more transmissible than other versions of the pathogen. That variant originated in India and took hold in the U.K. during the course of the spring. Its rapid proliferation led British Prime Minister Boris Johnson to delay full reopening by a month. That reopening was supposed to take place on June 21, only to… Source link
Read More »The MLB Yahoo Cup Hot Corner: Round 13
Welcome to the MLB Yahoo Cup Hot Corner! This free-to-enter, single-entry contest consists of 27 rounds where the top 1,075 overall entries and the top 70 entries per round share $10,000, with $1,000 to first and $50 to first per round. Scoring will be cumulative across all rounds, with your seven lowest scores dropped at the end. You may join this multi-round MLB DFS contest at any point, but enter today to give yourself the best chance to take home the title. Click here to begin the… Source link
Read More »How Google Makes Android Apps, And The World’s Information, Universally Accessible To Everyone
Google’s Android Studio now helps developers scan for accessibility issues in their apps. Google Images As iPhone and Apple Watch are the standard-bearers in their respective product categories, so too is Apple the standard-bearer when it comes to designing and shipping best-of-breed assistive technologies. The Cupertino company has long been lauded by those in the disability community as creating the best accessibility software, just as iPhone is the best smartphone and Apple Watch… Source link
Read More »Yahoo Mobile shuts down, users must switch to Visible
Yahoo Mobile is an MNVO (mobile network virtual operator) that sold mobile services backed by Verizon’s network. Last month, Verizon announced it would sell its media group, which included AOL and Yahoo website properties and brands. As a result of the sale, the Yahoo Mobile network is being shut down. The network was not particularly a popular one and the device selection was quite slim. A new page on the Yahoo Mobile site explains that “Verizon has decided to separately sell the… Source link
Read More »Amazon’s Prime Day discounts on the Echo and Fire TV are meant to keep you a customer for life
Amazon’s (AMZN) annual celebration of consumerism, Prime Day, is nearly here. Running from June 21 to June 22, the shopping event, which will feature concerts by Billie Eilish, H.E.R., and Kid Cudi, is certain to offer plenty of sales, and rake in billions for the e-commerce giant. During last year’s Prime Day, which was pushed to October due to the pandemic, sales by third-party sellers surpassed $3.5 billion. Amazon didn’t release total sales numbers for the event, but research firm… Source link
Read More »Two distant, dastardly rate hikes
The Federal Reserve is usually a friend to presidents, keeping inflation in check and the economy humming. But the Fed under current chair Jay Powell is beginning to cause President Biden some headaches, as it struggles to assess unusual economic developments. The Fed this week surprised nearly everybody by signaling earlier interest rate hikes than in prior forecasts. The prevailing view at the Fed is now that the central bank will raise rates twice by the end of 2023. The prior outlook,… Source link
Read More »‘Quadruple witching’ Friday to see $818 billion single stock options expiration
By Medha Singh and Saqib Iqbal Ahmed (Reuters) – A near-record dollar amount of single stock equity options -totaling $818 billion – is set to expire at the close of trading on Friday afternoon, potentially driving sharp moves in some stocks throughout the day, Goldman Sachs analysts wrote. A recent surge in interest in options trading, fueled in part by droves of retail traders looking to place wagers on the swings in so-called meme stocks such as GameStop Corp and AMC Entertainment Holdings,… Source link
Read More »Yahoo Mobile prepares for shutdown
Yahoo Mobile, one of Verizon’s prepaid brands, is shutting down and giving customers an “amazing option” for cell phone service. That option happens to be Visible, another one of Verizon’s prepaid brands. Visible is the all-digital brand, targeting Millennials, and while it might sound a little peculiar to recommend a hip digital brand to old-time Yahoo diehards, their services aren’t that different when it comes down to it. Yahoo Mobile started sending email messages to customers… Source link
Read More »Mexico to play World Cup qualifiers without fans due to homophobic chant
Mexico fans during a friendly against Honduras on June 12th in Atlanta. (Photo by Rich von Biberstein/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images) Mexico’s men’s national soccer team must play its first two home 2022 World Cup qualifiers in empty stadiums as punishment for some of its fans’ insistence on yelling a homophobic slur during matches. The “p***” chant has plagued Mexican soccer for years. Officials refused to reckon with it until recently. The Mexican soccer federation (FMF) promised to crack… Source link
Read More »Explaining the art of spot streaming
A couple of years ago, I became a big believer in what I call “spot streaming.” In this article, I’ll explain the theory and practical components of this strategy. Roster spots have value. This means that a player who is using a spot on your roster (whether in the starting lineup or on your bench) has to have some immediate or long-term value to you. One of the biggest mistakes fantasy managers make is stubbornly holding onto players who aren’t helping their teams and have little… Source link
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